Brandnew hour and fox news alert. Former President Donald Trump staring down four federal charges stemming from Special Counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. Im sandra smith in new york. A brandnew hour of America Reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. Hello, rich. Rich great to be here, sandra. Thanks so much. Im rich edson, john roberts has the day off. The former president is expected to be arraigned in Federal Court In Washington tomorrow. Sandra many think the latest indictment will do that again. Rich aishah, what are lawmakers saying . Rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing House Republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president , including pulling on the purse strings, that is congresss power. Republican firebrand matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene are calling to defund Special Counsel jack smith. Some folks are eyeing the
former president and his run for re-run for president? third time is a charm. i think here what you are seeing is the last two indictments have helped donald trump, surged in the polls since they happened, the new york times poll shows him in a deadlock with joe biden and trounsing his gop opponents by 37 points. timing of it helps him, when he first ran for re-election in november, two weeks later the doj then appointments the special counsel, when grassley and comer come out with this essentially joe biden is alleged to be in a bribery scheme by an fbi source the next day, bomb, the docket in the case falls. and this, devon archer s explosive system that joe biden was potentially involved in hunter biden s business dealings, certainly had knowledge of them, why are they doing this now two and a half years later and because trump surges in the polls, biden takes a nosedive in the polls and
congress s power. republican firebrand matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene are calling to defund special counsel jack smith. some folks are eyeing the appropriations process coming up, but gaetz is demanding that his conference bypass that all together and vote on his proposed bill now. we have not heard anything from house speaker kevin mccarthy yet or gop leadership, but any such measure, keep in mind, would not really get through a democrat-controlled senate. jim jordan has already come to trump s defense, waiting to see if he s going to demand that jack smith come testify on capitol hill. he s already requested a lot of documents related to the special counsel investigations into trump. republicans are taking particular issue with the conspiracy to defraud charge, where trump disputes the 2020 election results, everybody from
brand-new hour and fox news alert. former president donald trump staring down four federal charges stemming from special counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. i m sandra smith in new york. a brand-new hour of america reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. hello, rich. rich: great to be here, sandra. thanks so much. i m rich edson, john roberts has the day off. the former president is expected to be arraigned in federal court in washington tomorrow. sandra: many think the latest indictment will do that again. rich: aishah, what are lawmakers saying? rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing house republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president, including pulling on the purse strings, that is
well, i mean, i was really struck by the weakness of the conspiracy charges in particular in this indictment because essentially what they are saying is that donald trump was told by many people that his election claims were not true and yet he acted on those anyway. the problem is many people were giving him opposite information so to me jack smith needs to go to donald trump s state of mind and that s what the indictment is missing. some documentation or email that trump says i know this is untrue and i m saying it anyway and taking actions on it anyway. so, how do you go do that state of mind, i don t know. i m also very concerned about the president, for future actions, not just presidential candidates but any politician. rich: since the beginning of the country was an operational system, you lost the election that was it, you got off the